The Televisionary Oracle
Chapter 9
The Televisionary Oracle
is broadcast
LIVE FROM THE DRIVETIME:
the eternally inbetween mood,
the ambiance or tunnel or threshold you inhabit
as you flow back and forth
between the yes and the no,
between the lost and the found,
between the me and the you.
The Drivetime is
the sweet sanctuary where you
always pretend you mean the opposite of what you're saying
and vice versa.
Always vice versa.
In the Drivetime
everything you know is wrong
and yet you still have as much confidence and authority
as people who love to kill with their opinions.
Brainwash yourself before someone nasty beats you to it. Study the difference between wise suffering and dumb suffering until you get it right. Commit crimes that don't break any laws. Visualize Mother Teresa at the moment of orgasm. Build illusions that make people feel so beautiful they can't stand to be near you. Pretend to be crazy so you can get away with doing what's right. Sing anarchist lullabyes to homosexual children. Love your enemies in case your friends turn out to be jerks. Review in detail the history of your life, honoring every moment as if you were conducting a benevolent Judgment Day. Eat money. Fuck gravity. Drink the sun. Dream like a stone. Sing in the acid rain.
The Televisionary Oracle
is brought to you by
the white plumeria flowers
that fall at your feet
as you stroll towards the cove
where the sea turtles swim.